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Eight more Lithuanian municipalities have been included in the red zone, and local quarantine may be introduced, the Health Ministry announced on Friday.
The red zone includes the municipalities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, as well as the districts of Vilnius, Širvintos, Šilalė, Trakai and Telšiai.
Currently, a total of 21 municipalities in the country are included in the red zone, 26 in the yellow zone and 13 in the green zone.
The government decided to divide the municipalities into three zones, green, yellow and red, according to Wednesday’s morbidity indicators. Then 13 municipalities were included in the red zone, 12 of them decided to introduce the quarantine for two weeks from Monday, and it was extended for two weeks in the Raseiniai district.
The quarantine will take effect from Monday in the districts of Joniškis, Jurbarkas, Kelmė, Klaipėda, Kretinga, Pasvalys, Plungė, Skuodas, Šiauliai, Švenčionys and the municipalities of Elektrėnai and Marijampolė.
Its residents must wear masks in all closed public spaces, and it is forbidden to gather in groups of more than five people (in Raseiniai district, where quarantine was introduced earlier, only two people), keeping a distance of two meters between them .
Public sector institutions are required to fully or partially work remotely, as well as to introduce distance learning for non-primary students, and it is only possible to organize groups remotely.
It also restricts the flow of passengers, buyers and users of the public transport service, prohibits the visit of patients older than 14 health and social care institutions, except pregnant women, and recommends the abandonment of mass religious rites.
Municipalities are evaluated according to three criteria: a 14-day morbidity rate of 100,000. the percentage of the population that tested positive within seven days and the percentage of non-outbreak-related cases also within seven days.
The green zone means that the risk of coronavirus in participating municipalities is low, and no additional restrictions are required for municipalities that meet this criteria. The green zone includes municipalities with a morbidity of less than 25 cases per 100,000. the percentage of the population and positive tests per week is less than four percent.
The yellow zone means that municipalities within it must be prepared and responsibly follow the recommendations of public health experts to control the further spread of the coronavirus. The yellow zone includes those municipalities where morbidity is higher than 25, but does not exceed 50 cases per 100,000. population, and positive tests: equal to or greater than four percent, or the incidence of 25-150 cases per 100 thousand. less than four percent of the population tested positive.
The red zone is considered the most dangerous. Quarantine will be considered in their municipalities. After its publication, restrictions should also be established for public life, events, education, the introduction of mandatory personal protective equipment and respect for distances.
The red zone includes those municipalities where morbidity exceeds 50 cases per 100,000. population, positive tests: four percent. and more, and the proportion of cases not related to outbreaks is 30%. or more per week, or those with a morbidity greater than 150 cases per 100,000. the proportion of population and cases not related to outbreaks is 30%. or more per week, in addition, at least 10 cases per week must be registered in the municipality.
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